The Clueless Muni - Author at Dave's Travel Corner https://www.davestravelcorner.com/author/thecluelessmuni/ Seeing the World One Step at a Time Sun, 13 Aug 2023 02:36:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.7 Dhanushkodi – A Tale of Oceans and Ape Men https://www.davestravelcorner.com/journals/destination-asia/dhanushkodi-a-tale-of-oceans-and-ape-men/ https://www.davestravelcorner.com/journals/destination-asia/dhanushkodi-a-tale-of-oceans-and-ape-men/#respond Sat, 28 Sep 2019 17:04:38 +0000 http://www.davestravelcorner.com/?p=95389

The Legend Indian Hindu mythology has it that Lord Rama built a bridge some 50 kilometres long connecting India with Lanka (now Sri Lanka) off the coast of Tamil Nadu in South India to rescue his wife Sita from the evil clutches of the demon king Ravana. And he pulled off this engineering marvel with the help of his million-strong Vanara (Ape men) army along with magical ‘floating rocks’ and named it Rama Setu. (Rama’s Bridge) Valmiki further goes on to narrate in his epic Ramayana on how  Rama on […]

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